The year 1562 in science and technology included a number of events, some of which are listed here.
Geography Diego Gutiérrez and Hieronymus Cock published the map Americae Sive Quartae Orbis Partis Nova Et Exactissima Descriptio.
Mathematics Humphrey Baker's arithmetic textbook The Wellspring of Sciences first published in London.
Births April 24 – Xu Guangqi, Chinese polymath (died 1633) October 4 – Christen Sørensen Longomontanus, Danish astronomer (died 1647)
Deaths October 9 – Gabriele Falloppio, Italian anatomist and physician (born 1523)
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